[Dekard]

Wanted to throw this around.. I've always had a problem with shading and picking up colors for highlights and shadows.

I've seen several people use black/white/grey to compose the image and then go back and colorize it after the fact and alot of them look really tight, not many look like a colorized movie from the 50's.

Is learning shading using the above method hurtful in the long run? I'm colorblind so I can shade easier in black and white then using color..

Any ideas or suggestions?

[eyewoo]

There is a recent thread on this subject...

http://forums.sijun.com/viewtopic.php?t=36750
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[Dekard]

Thanks eyewoo but that really doesn't answer my question about drawing the peice in black/white and then colorizing it. I'm wondering if it will hinder my art in any way I'm color blind for one and using black/white to get the shadowing and stuff down would be easier for me then trying to pick the correct colors while I'm coloring in.

[eyewoo]

Well... then I would say that the answer is most probably in the doing for you. You could get opinions left and right, but the only real answer is going to evolve out of actually doing it and showing it. Nike...
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[jfrancis]

It depends on how you colorize the black and white image.

If you simply multiply the grayscale image by flat local color, that would be workable, but flat looking, because all you would be doing is changing the luminosity of the color, and not the hue.

If you do it carefully, however, you can achieve results like this Stahlberg "Fairy Murder" image:

http://forums.sijun.com/viewtopic.php?t=35924

If you have to choose one over the other, value is more important than color:
http://www.digitalartform.com/values.htm

[Drawnblud326]

I don't know if this will help, but I love this guy's work and the tutorial on his site just might answer your question....

http://www.sofos.com/adi/

He starts with a b/w image and works his colours in over the b/w. Amazing results....

[nafa]

Retouch Pro discussed a way of using clip mask on a black and white photo and change hue to colorize it. That would be similar to your drawing a greyscale picture and then applying color to it. Should help.